Jewelry



Aug. 16, 1938. MQHEL 2,126,968

JEWELRY Filed June 24, 1937 Inventor 12 25? Moza/ By $97M 5% Aiiornei sPatented Aug. 16, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JEWELRY Jesse Mohel,New York,

N. Y., assignor to Mohel 1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in jewelry andmore particularly to jewelry of the combination type wherein clusterscan be formed to suit various occasions and easily changed from time totime.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an articleof jewelry wherein numerous elements are available and adapted to beinterchanged to form different jewelry masses 1O attractive fordifierent occasions.

Another important object of the invention is to provide an article ofjewelry of the character stated wherein the various parts will be firmlyheld together when assembled without likelihood 15 of separation andloss.

These and various other important objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent to the reader of the followingspecification.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one jewelry element.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a bracelet form with the detachableelements applied.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one wing of the bracelet shown inFigure 2 with the corresponding jewelry element removed.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 44of Figure 2.

Numeral l5 denotes the jewelry piece of any ornate design, the samebeing substantially triangular shape as shown in Figure l. The back sideof this element l5 carries the elongated tubular socket structure [6.

The bracelet type shown in Figures 2 and 3 consists of the pair ofarcuate-shaped ring members 21-21 each provided with a longitudinallyextending slot 28 therein extending for a short distance inwardly of thehingedly connected ends Extending also from the hingedly connected endsof the sections 21 are the spring tongue members 30 each provided withthe inwardly disposed boss 3| at its free end. These spring members 30extending longitudinally in the said slots 28.

These spring fingers 30 can be disposed through the tubular socket l6 ofjewelry element l5 or elements of various other forms so as to make up abracelet of the desired ornate form.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

An article of jewelry comprising a carrier, said carrier being of springmaterial and being struck to provide a slot and an elongated fingerextending longitudinally in the slot and in spaced relation to the edgesthereof, a jewelry piece having an elongated socket member on one sidethereof through which the finger is disposable, the walls of the socketlying between the finger and the edges of the socket so that the backsurface of the jewelry piece is held in contact with the front surfaceof the carrier by the tension of said finger, said finger having abackwardly disposed head portion, said head portion being adapted tooverlap the adjacent end of the socket member to prevent displacement ofthe jewelry piece from the finger.

JESSE MOI-IEL.

